Tracheloptychus

Tracheloptychus
Peters's keeled plated lizard (Tracheloptychus petersi), Reserve Reniala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gerrhosauridae
Subfamily: Zonosaurinae
Genus: Tracheloptychus
W. Peters, 1854

Tracheloptychus is a small genus of lizards in the family Gerrhosauridae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar.

Species

There are two species which are recognized as being valid.

Etymology

The specific name, petersi, is in honor of German herpetologist Wilhelm Peters, who is the author of this genus.

References

  1. ↑ Raselimanana A, Vences M (2011). Tracheloptychus madagascariensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
  2. ↑ Rakotondravony H, Raselimanana A, Ramanamanjato J-B, Raxworthy CJ (2011). Tracheloptychus petersi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
  3. ↑ Systematics and the Origin of Species: On Ernst Mayr's 100th Anniversary. National Academy of Sciences. National Academies Press. 2005. pg. 209.
  4. ↑ "Tracheloptychus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  5. ↑ Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (3rd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags. ISBN 978-3929449037.
  6. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tracheloptychus petersi, pp. 204-205).

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